After a post like yesterday’s, the only thing to do is find something exponentially more cheerful. Something that makes me laugh Every. Single. Time. Something just flat out funny. Namely, the hilarity that is this video clip. I just replayed it eight times in a row and have actual tears in my eyes right now [...]
A vacation day from work has been scheduled. TJ Maxx is currently being cased for appropriately obnoxious “church hats,” tiaras, and ladylike gloves. Recipes for lemon tarts, clotted cream, and scones are under review. Hotel reservations have been made- no, not for London but for downtown Chicago where Fancy and I will don the Queen’s requested “lounge suits” [...]
I love buying gifts, love picking out that one thing that you forgot you mentioned once back in February, love wrapping each treasure with care. So, it’s no wonder I’ve been Christmas shopping since September. Or that I assembled a color coordinated wrapping paper collection. Or that I put my new KitchenAid mixer in pistachio [...]
It’s that time of year again! The time when Fancy and I get crafty and diligently construct our festive holiday turkeys. Each year, we’ve refined our thematic elements and aesthetic from our initial “hand” turkeys to, what we believe, is our best work ever! I have the Third Annual and Fourth Annual Turkey Day Craft Hours posted [...]
…watching this video. A LOT. With shoes on (most of the time). MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.
In truth, I arrived wholly unprepared. After a day of cardio (shopping with Fancy) and minimal food consumption (a granola bar and curry fries), I met up with the boyfriend and we rolled into the Windy City Wine Festival. We didn’t know what to expect, but he knew I liked to drink The Wine and [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about romance lately. What it looks like, what it’s symbolized by; what counts as romance and what doesn’t. I used to believe that romance was about Grand Gestures- things like full-on floral bouquets, hand-scrawled love letters and cards, and thoughtfully planned out dates. A younger me believed romance was a [...]
